Naras
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Naras is a noun meaning (South Africa) A spiny shrub, Acanthosicyos horridus, growing in Namibia and the Kalahari Desert, or the melon-like fruit that it produces.
Meaning
(South Africa) A spiny shrub, Acanthosicyos horridus, growing in Namibia and the Kalahari Desert, or the melon-like fruit that it produces.
Example Sentences
in this river course also grows a remarkable plant, the Naras, which sends its roots deep […].
The Bay people catch and eat fish after the ‘naras is out of season, and the carcases of whales killed by the crews of whaling ships, afford them savoury repasts […].
Word Forms
- nara
- narra
Related Words
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